The Perceived Level of Collaborative Work Environment’s Effect on Creative Group Problem Solving in a Virtual and Distributed Team Environment

dc.contributor.author Bozan, Karoly
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-29T00:16:12Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-29T00:16:12Z
dc.date.issued 2017-01-04
dc.description.abstract Continuous product development and market introduction of new products are central to sustaining company performance, and information systems (IS) development project managers face increasing pressure for quicker product delivery, despite cost constraints. To respond to these challenges, virtual and distributed (V&D) teams are formed, which present a unique environment to foster collaboration among the project team members. We investigated the sources and effects of team members’ perceived level of collaboration on creative group problem solving in V&D IS project settings. Based on relational coordination theory, we performed semi-structured interviews and used a Q-methodology to confirm certain communication and relationship dimensions as precursors to collaborative environments. Using empirical tests, we found that relationships have a direct effect on creative group problem solving and that communication is mediated by perceived collaboration. We present practical implications and recommendations for V&D IS project managers for enhancing creative problem solving for V&D IS projects.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2017.058
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/41207
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Creative Group Problem Solving
dc.subject Project Management
dc.subject Q-Methodology
dc.subject Virtual and Distributed Teams
dc.title The Perceived Level of Collaborative Work Environment’s Effect on Creative Group Problem Solving in a Virtual and Distributed Team Environment
dc.type Conference Paper
dc.type.dcmi Text
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